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Bill Kauffman

Bill Kauffman is the author of “Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette” and “Ain’t My America.” He wrote the screenplay for Ron Maxwell’s movie “Copperhead” (www.copperheadthemovie.com), which hits theaters June 28.

Free speech is never all that popular a cause, especially in times of war. Wiretaps, the Patriot Act: whichever party controls the executive branch employs the tools of the surveillance state to monitor dissent.